How to Use the best/better/greater part of in a Sentence
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For the better part of the next two decades, Padalecki would emerge as the face of The CW.
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Max Gao,
Variety,
27 June 2024
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That’s the best part of doing something that goes so far in the world.
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Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
15 May 2024
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Nick Chubb has spent the better part of a decade as the heart and soul of the Cleveland Browns.
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CBS News,
19 Sep. 2023
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Smith had spent the better part of two decades on and off Death Row.
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Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2024
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Then Power, who’d worked the case for the best part of six months, got the tip of a lifetime.
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Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2024
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But that’s not even the best part of the Spark GO for learning guitarists.
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Spin Contributor,
Spin,
18 Aug. 2023
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The ash plume forced the closure of most of Europe’s airspace for the better part of a week.
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Matthew Cappucci,
Washington Post,
13 Nov. 2023
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Neil Young‘s first tour with Crazy Horse for the better part of a decade has hit a speed bump.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
27 June 2024
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For Wohl, releasing the owls back into the wild is the best part of her job.
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Emily Alvarenga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2024
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To have that direct impact on the guys, that’s always going to be the best part of the job.
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Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2024
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It’s taken me the better part of eighteen months to sit and write this.
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Justine Murphy,
Rolling Stone,
17 July 2024
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For the mom-to-be, the best part of the entire day was hearing Sullivan's speech.
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Hannah Sacks,
Peoplemag,
6 Aug. 2024
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But the best part of those wins (even better than seeing Cousin Greg, a.k.a.
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Jada Yuan,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2024
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From Jack Harris: For the better part of almost two months, the Dodgers have been a .500 team.
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Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2024
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Fifteen wins in a row for you guys, what has been the best part of your senior year so far?
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Jacob Steinberg,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2024
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Inflation has been at the top of consumers’ minds for the better part of the past two years.
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Prarthana Prakash,
Fortune Europe,
5 Apr. 2024
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Though neither team made it to the final dance, their triumphs over the Reign were the best part of the playoffs.
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Ash Parrish,
The Verge,
3 Oct. 2023
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For the better part of the next two weeks, the two sides presented their cases.
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Stephanie Hanes,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Nov. 2023
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Holmes drove around in an unmarked car for the better part of two hours on his gang unit shift.
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Rachel Spacek,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Jan. 2024
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Sitting in a cramped metal tube for the better part of a day (or more) is not good for you.
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Chris Heasman,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2024
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Here's a band who for the best part of 30 years, had never really done this.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
27 Mar. 2024
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In the southern hemisphere, Chile has been reeling from drought for the better part of a decade.
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Somini Sengupta,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2024
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One thing researchers know for sure — symptoms can last the better part of a month.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
16 Dec. 2023
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Spring cleaning isn’t exactly the best part of the season.
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Clara McMahon,
Peoplemag,
20 Mar. 2024
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Carollo has not lived in the Morris Lane home for the better part of the last seven years.
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Joey Flechas,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2024
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Usher can’t help that people have been swooning over him for the better part of the past three decades.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2023
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Arguably, the best part of Kenny’s set wasn’t the five-peat of this diss record, but the gang unification.
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Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
20 June 2024
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Oregon has been a pain in USC’s backside for the better part of two decades now and remains so.
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J. Brady McCollough,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Aug. 2023
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Arguably, the best part of the board is the customer-favorite country bread that’s made fresh daily.
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Alex Darus,
cleveland,
11 Sep. 2023
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There’s no denying the grasp gray tones have had on interiors for the better part of a decade.
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Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Aug. 2024
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